Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 16, 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 15 95 95 Osprey 3 7 7 Bald Eagle 7 26 26 Northern Harrier 9 56 56 Sharp-shinned Hawk 30 90 90 Cooper's Hawk 0 8 8 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 50 359 359 Red-tailed Hawk 7 40 40 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 11 202 202 Merlin 2 35 35 Peregrine Falcon 0 15 15 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Total: 134 933 933 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Jacob Stasso Observers: Hugh Kent, Liz Kent Visitors: We thank today's observers and those interested in the ongoing Hawk Count. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, access to the top level of Hawk Tower is limited to hawk counters and qualified observers only. The 2nd and lower levels are open to the public practising COVID-19 safe precautions (social distancing). Thank you for your understanding and involvement. Weather: Day was consistently sunny with varying levels of cloud cover. Temperatures were consistently mid 20's. Winds shifted from North-Easterly in the morning to Southerly int he afternoon, making raptor movement over Holiday less favourable during the later hours. Raptor Observations: Moderate morning for raptor observations with a good amount of Sharp Shinned movement (30) and also minor Broad-Wing movement. Afternoon hours became less active as winds shifted to southerly, however Bald Eagles and a variety of Kestrel/Merlins were observed migrating. Ospreys and Northern Harriers were also observed migrating. Non-raptor Observations: Relatively slow day for nonraptor birds, with minimal warbler species and low amounts of other passerine movements except for blackbirds. Egret colony has diminished as they likely changed locations. Monarch numbers were relatively high for the second day in a row, with 182 observations. https://ebird.org/checklist/S94747232 Predictions: Tomorrow it is expected to be sunny with some clouds and temperatures around mid-high 20's. Winds are expected to shift back and forth from southerly to south-westerly, making raptor observation for tomorrow less ideal since raptors will be pushed more inland. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Jacob Stasso (jacobstasso@gmail.com) Holiday Beach Hawk Watch information may be found at: http://hbmo.ca/ More site information at hawkcount.org: https://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=100